What is the formula for barium acetate?

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anor277
Feb 21, 2018

#"Barium acetate"=Ba(O(O=)C-CH_3)_2#

Explanation:

Barium acetate is the salt of barium metal and acetic acid....

#Ba(s) + 2H_3C-CO_2H(l)rarrBa{O(O=)C-CH_3}_2+H_2(g)uarr#

As a Group 2 metal, barium commonly forms a #Ba^(2+)# ion, the which forms a salt with two equiv of acetate ion....

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